Improvement in bookbinding



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Letters Patent N 98,200, dated December 21A, 1869.

IMPRovEMENT IN BOOKBINDING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent :md ,making part of thevsame.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID SHIVE, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usetul Improvement in Books; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description of the nature thereof, suiiicient .to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to fully understand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part ot' this specification, in which- Figure f1 is a perspective view of a book, illustra tive ot' my invent-ion. v

Figure 2 is an end view of a portion thereof.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

The object ot my invention is to save or preserve the binding, cover, or case 'ot' blank or other books,

when thc leaves are i'ull ofmatter. This occurs' more particularly with express and railroad companies, banks, and.likeinstitutons.

My inventionv is also designed to obviate 'the necessity of making books large and unwieldy, which is Olten resortedto to save expense.

In the furtherance of my inven'tion, I will state that the binding ot the books is, in all respects the sameas that i'or spring-back books, or those in ordinary use.

I eut ont apiece of the board which forms the. inner side of the cover or case, leaving a recess therein, and the piece s0 cnt constitutes a ila p.

This tlap is part oi' the book, and, of course, tits snugly in the recess.V

Ihe two parts are joined together by screws, studs, or other removable i'astenings, and may be disengaged in any suitable manner In the drawings- A represents a book;

B, its back, cover, or case, and

C, theleaves.

On the inside of the covers I neatly eut out a piece, D, which forms a flap, attached to the bindingr of the leaves ofthe book, and entirely ,free from said covers.

These aps fit snuglyin the recesses a a, formed by the displacement, and are to be secured to the covers by'serews or other reir'iovable t'astening's E.

In the present case, I employ short screw-studs, which pass through the covers and into tubular sockets, having iianged heads, yvhich bear on the outer sides ot' the fla-ps, vvhile the heads ot' the screws bear on the vouter sides of the covers, so that the two parts are firmly, yet removably secured together.

I design to form the books, covers, studs, and sock-v ets, and the opening -to receive them, of Astandard gauges, whereby one cover may be applied to,other books.Y

This will be found necessary or desirable when the latter are full ot" written matter, or entirely used up, and it is desirable to tile or store them away.

Thus the covei' may be 0l' continual service, until l entirely worn out. It' desired, the tlap may be cut from the outside o the covers, but this plan is not so feasible asl that already mentioned,.since the parts or backs which conceal the stitches of the vbooks .would have to remain with the leaves, and thereby cause `the books to be more expensive, and quite as heavy as those now in use.

The simplicity, practicability, and -utility are readof May, 1869.

DAVID SHIVE.

Witnesses:

JN0. BALL, BARTONY CAsToR. 

